Public Booklet April 2014 (final version) A European Project supported through the Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development 1 00 Contents 01 / Project concept and objectives ...................................................... 5 02 / EuroBioRef Value Chains ................................................................13 Value Chains 1 & 2 ................................................................................................. 14 Value Chain 3 ......................................................................................................... 24 Value Chain 5 ......................................................................................................... 32 Value Chain 6 ......................................................................................................... 37 03 / Summary of technologic & scientific results in the various involved fields ..................................................................................45 Sub-project 1 ......................................................................................................... 46 Sub-project 2 ......................................................................................................... 52 Sub-project 3 ......................................................................................................... 54 Sub-project 4 ......................................................................................................... 56 Sub-project 5 ......................................................................................................... 58 Sub-project 6 ......................................................................................................... 60 Sub-project 7 ......................................................................................................... 62 Sub-project 8 ......................................................................................................... 64 Sub-project 9 ......................................................................................................... 67 Sub-project 10 ....................................................................................................... 69 Project 01 concept and objectives: Key information The EuroBioRef project (European Multilevel Integrated Biorefinery Design for Sustainable Biomass Processing; www.eurobioref.org) was a 4 years program coordinated by CNRS, France, launched on March 1st, 2010 and closed on February 28th, 2014. It was supported by a 23 M€ grant from the European Union Seventh Framework Program (FP7). EuroBioRef had this unique feature of dealing with the entire process of transformation of biomass, from non-edible crops production to final commercial products. It involved 29 partners (industry, SMEs, academics) from 15 different countries (see map next page) in a highly collaborative network, including crop production, biomass pre-treatment, fermentation and enzymatic processes, catalytic processes, thermochemical processes, assessed by a life cycle analysis and an economic evaluation of the whole development chain (scheme p. 7). With this strategy to develop next generation biorefineries (scheme p. 7), the project generated a lot of results, with an important impact on the European bioeconomy, including new energy & new chemicals (figure p.8) production strategies. EUROpean multilevel integrated BIOREFinery design for sustainable biomass processing EuroBioRef Consortium COORDINATOR M. Franck DUMEIGNIL, CNRS-UCCS – [email protected] PARTNERS 1. CNRS, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (UMR8181, UMR5256, UMR6509), France 2. ARKEMA FRANCE SA /CECA, France – [email protected] 3. BORREGAARD Industries. Ltd., Norway 4. NOVOZYMES A/S, Denmark 5. Partner 5 left the project without contributing and was replaced by partners 29 and 30 below 6. CRES, Centre for Renewable Energy Sources, Greece 7. HALDOR TOPSØE A/S, Denmark 8. CERTH, Centre for Research & Technology Hellas, Greece 9. PDC, Process Design Center BV, the Netherlands 10. QUANTIS, Switzerland 11. EUBIA, European Biomass Industry Association, Belgium 12. DTI, Danish Technological Institute, Centre for Renewable Energy and Transport, Denmark 13. Technische Universität Dortmund, Germany 14. MERCK KGaA, Germany 15. FEUP Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Portugal 16. RWTH Aachen, Germany – retired from the project on 31/08/2011 17. CIRCC, University of Bari, Italy 18. WSK «PZL-Rzeszow» S.A, Poland 6 PUBLIC BOOKLET 1 | Project concept and objectives 19. OBRPR, Ošrodek Badawczo-Rozwojowy Przemysłu Rafineryjnego Spółka Akcyjna, Poland 20. SINTEF Materials and Chemistry, Norway 21. SOABE, Société Agricole de Befandriana-Sud & Partners Sarl, Madagascar 22. UMICORE AG & Co KG, Germany 23. Nykomb Synergetics AB, Sweden 24. Alma Consulting Group SAS, France 25. Ruse Chemicals AD, Bulgaria (demerger from Orgachim AD, Bulgaria from 1st January 2014) 26. Imperial College of Science and Technology, United Kingdom 27. Novance, France 28. University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Poland 29. Technische Universität Hamburg – Hamburg, Germany – entered the project from M24 30. BKW Biokraftwerke Fürstenwalde GmbH, Germany – entered the project from M24 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The research leading to these results has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under grant agreement n° 241718 EuroBioRef. Flexibility, Adaptability and Multidimensional Integration of the EuroBioRef Project Variety of MULTI PROCESS Pretreated Biomass Scenarios for Biorefinery Cellulosic and Concepts Hemi-cellulosic under Residual Advanced Integrated Original Innovative Integrated Specific Materials Thermo- Modular Biochemical Catalytic Modular Regional Chemical and Flexible Conversion Conversion Bio-Refinery Conditions Sustainable Conversion Process Processes Processes Pilot Plants Non-edible Oils Processes Design Pretreatment Contribution MULTI BIOMASS MULTI to New Lignin, Solid Process and Residues Biomass Product Standards Integrated Demonstration of Building Blocks of High Added Value Bioproducts High Added Value Chemicals, Polymers and Aviation Fuels, with Optimised Costs and Zero Waste Required by the Market MULTI PRODUCTS BIOMASS SELECTION Lignocellulosic Non-Edible Oil Biomass Crops BIOMASS FRACTIONATION OIL EXTRACTION AND TREATMENT Co-products Cellulose/ Lignin Residues Oils Hemicellulose Activated Syngas Carbon Glycerol Fatty acids Biogas • Ethanol • Butylacrylate • H2O2 • Acetals • Fatty nitriles • Butanol • Acetals Power • Higher alcohols • Glycerol • Diols • Alkanes Generation • CH SH carbonate • Shorter 3 nitriles • H • Higher • CH SCH • Monomers 2 3 3 • Diacids • Alkyl-THF alcools • Alkanes • 3HPA • Maleic anhydride SUSTAINABLE MARKETS CHEMICALS AVIATION BIOFUELS POLYMERS 7 EUROpean multilevel integrated BIOREFinery design for sustainable biomass processing EUROpean Multilevel Integrated PIOREDinery Design for Sustainable Biomass Processing Classical BIOREFinery Integrated EuroBioRef Biorefinery Concept Low B1 P1 Chemicals SPECIFIC High Added BIOMASS Bio-fuels Added ulti ulti B2 P2 Bio Aviation fuels Value Multi ROCESS Value M M FEEDSTOCK IOMASS P PROCESS Products Others B Product Bx Px Polymers A success story that was closely followed by the EC, with high expectations “EuroBioRef – How a radical re-design is strengthening economic viability in the bioeconomy”. “For most people, the bioeconomy is the way of the future. A shift towards an economy based on re- newable resources not on fossil fuels is no longer just an option, it’s a necessity.” View the article online: http://ec.europa.eu/research/infocentre/article_en.cfm?item=Result%20of%20search&id=/research/ star/index_en.cfm?p=ss-eurobioref&calledby=infocentre&artid=25553 Main results • 5 lignocellulosic plants (willow, giant reed, miscanthus, switchgrass, cardoon) and 10 oil crops (castor, crambe, cuphea, lesquerella, lunaria, jatropha, safflower, as well as sunflower, camelina and rapeseed for comparison) were grown in test fields; • Large test fields were set for willow and crambe in Poland, giant reed and safflower in Greece and castor in Madagascar, with ultimately the production of ca. 10 t for the latter; • Win-win culture rotation strategies between food and non-food crops have been developed and proven; • Efficient biotech technologies have been developed to yield platform molecules from glycerol and biomass hydrolyzates, which outperform even the current state of the art; • A biomass supply logistics model has been developed, which operates in an optional mode in terms of biomass quality (new and unexplored biomass types), system efficiency and reduced operatio- nal costs. It was exemplary populated with data for willow, castor, safflower and giant reed. Scenarios have been considered based on different plant capacities; • A brand new pilot plant in Norway able to operate more than 50 kg of dry lignocellulosic mate- rials per hour has been constructed, using a new and feedstock agnostic pretreatment process validated at the lab scale on miscanthus, giant reed and switchgrass; • So far, 24 patents were filed, mostly related to vegetable oils conversions, which means that, to date, EuroBioRef reached 1.04 patent application per Million Euro of public money spent; • So far, 29 scientific papers were published, and more are in preparation. Then, to date, EuroBioRef reached 1.26 publications per Million Euro of public money spent; • A 20 min video explaining the project is